Take a guided tour of the Upstate Concert Hall led by Michael Lopez, Historic Preservation & Grants Manager of Redburn Devlopment. This mid-century modern building was an award-winner at Historic Albany Foundation's 2020 Preservation Merit Awards thanks to the hard work from Redburn Development Company to restore the concreet coffering, clean and repair the garage, and repair the mosaic tilework. Attendees will also get the opportunity to see inside the new performance space.
More about the Park Mart
Devised to counter the disastrous post-war economic decline of downtown Albany, NY, the Park Mart Renewal Project was planned and constructed from 1968 to 1973 with the heavy involvement of Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd, an all-powerful Democratic boss of national stature, and stands alone as a dynamic, accessible symbol of the era’s urban renewal policy. Nearly 40 years later the building is now an iconic piece of Downtown Albany's fabric. Instead of demolishing and building up the easy way, Redburn Development committed to the building making it an anchor in Downtown
Albany.
This tour is part of Docomomo US, the United States chapter of Docomomo International, a non-profit organization dedicated to the documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighborhoods of the modern movement for nearly 25 years.